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Recent Roberson graduates Maddie Brock and Emily McCord are gearing up for some extremely high-level competition at next week’s Elite Clubs National League soccer tournament in Denver.

Brock (Wake Forest) and McCord (Presbyterian) have signed with Division I colleges and will be accompanying the rest of their Carolina Elite Soccer Academy club team, which is based out of Greenville, S.C.

Brock was an All-Mountain Athletic Conference midfielder for the MAC 4-A champion Rams (20-2-1). Wake Forest has already posted her bio on its athletics site:

Background:
A four-star recruit by Top Drawer Soccer, ranked as the 25th-best player in her class from the South Atlantic Region … Three-year letterwinner for coach Rob Wilcher at T.C. Roberson High School, helping the team to the state playoffs in 2010, 2011 and 2012 … Earned All-State honors in 2012 and was a three-time All-Conference and All-Region selection … Scored 63 goals and added 38 assists in three years of high school soccer, leading the Rams in scoring each season … Played her club soccer for Carolina Elite Soccer Academy, helping the team to the Region III championship in 2012 and four South Carolina state championships from 2009-12 … Her team finished second in the Elite Clubs National League

Personal:
Daughter of Rich and Diana Brock … Born Oct. 17, 1994 in Charlotte, N.C. … Full name is Madeleine Rose Brock … Member of the National Honor Society

McCord was named the MAC Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season. Presbyterian announced her signing in February with this information:

McCord, a 5′ 9″ defender, will bring a winning pedigree to PC after four years at T.C. Roberson (N.C.) High School. McCord helped the Rams to two Mountain Athletic Conference championships in 2010 and 2012 en route to a 62-11-4 record during her tenure. The future Blue Hose earned All-Region and All-Conference laurels in 2012, as well as the WNC Defensive Player of the Year award and an All-WNC Team selection in 2012. Those honors followed All-Conference and All-WNC honorable mentions in 2010 and 2011 with a North Carolina Powerade State Championship in 2011. Over her career, McCord tallied 77 games with 21 goals and 15 assists.

For CESA 94, McCord helped the squad to a 33-6-6 record (through ECNHL and Region III) and to a USYS Region III Championship and the 2012 USYS Southeast Regional championship, booking the squad a trip to the 2012 USYS National Championship. The future Blue Hose also helped CESA 94 capture the SC State championship in 2011. The team, currently 15-3-1, ranks sixth in nation defensively by Top Drawer Soccer. Off the pitch, McCord participates in the National Honor Society and Art Honor Society and enjoys photography.

The national tournament in Denver begins June 19 and lasts until the 23rd.